Title:Bonga (6-7-16)-HD

Duration: 2:54 minutes

Description:

The Bonga deep-water oil field, Nigeria’s first oil and gas project, featuring one of the world’s largest floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSO.

Bonga (6-7-16)-HD Transcript

[Background music plays]

Stately instrumental music.

Interview with Prince Nwocha

[Title]

Operations Supervisor, Bonga

[Prince]

One, two, three…

[Justin]

One, two, three, four, five.

[Prince]

My son, Justin, likes computation, mathematics, playing with things. And I can see that engineering streak coming out in him.

[Video footage]

Footage of Prince with his son seated around a coffee table in a living room, playing a numbers-related game on the table in front of them.

Wide view of Justin walking between Prince and presumably his mother along a street lined with parked vehicles, cutting to a mid-shot of Prince as he approaches the open rear door a black vehicle, Justin on his hip and a school bag in his other hand.

[Text displays]

Prince Nwocha / Operations Supervisor, Bonga

[Prince]

My name is Prince Nwocha. I'm the first engineer in my family.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Prince against the living room background.

[Narrator]

That’s a role Prince doesn’t take lightly. It’s why he spends nearly half the year here.

[Video footage]

Footage of Prince placing Justin’s school bag into the trunk of the car while Justin leans over from the back seat. Prince closes the trunk.

Footage from a helicopter of the Bonga oil platform and FPSO in the ocean, cutting to footage of the cloudy skies as text displays in the upper part of the frame.

[Text displays]

Building a new generation of engineers / The Bonga deep-water oil field

[Narrator]

Welcome to the Bonga field, Nigeria’s first oil and gas project in more than 1,000 metres of water. Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company used one of the world’s largest floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSO, for the project. Three hundred metres long and the height equivalent to a 12-story building, the FPSO’s deck spans an area as large as three football fields.

[Video footage]

More footage of the FPSO in the ocean, including panning shots and closer shots of parts of the FPSO.

Interview with Dare Famuyide

[Title]

Shift Supervisor, Bonga

[Text displays]

Dare Famuyide / Shift Supervisor, Bonga

[Dare]

The most impressive aspect of the Bonga Project to me is in her development of in-country capacity. When we started, it was novel, we were possibly the first deep-water offshore assets in the gulf of Guinea. And over time, the company has been able, through the Bonga FPSO, to develop in-country capacity.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Dare against the background of shelving at frame-right and an easy chair and curtains drawn back from the window at frame-left.

Footage of an office environment, workstations lining the walls at frame-left and frame-right with various employees in red overalls standing in the room or seated at workstations.

Close-up in profile of Dare at his workstation, cutting to close-ups of his hand on the computer mouse and of the data on the computer screen, followed by more footage of employees standing alongside or seated at workstations in the office.

Close-up of Dare as previously described.

[Narrator]

That commitment has helped create the first generation of Nigerian deep water oil and gas engineers.

[Video footage]

Footage of employees in red overalls seated around a long table, engaged in discussion.

[Dare]

Let’s try Little Red Riding Hood.

[Narrator]

And perhaps the next.

[Video footage]

Footage of Dare with his family, seated on a sofa, Dare’s young daughter playing on a tablet and claps her hands in delight.

[Dare]

I’ve noticed some engineering trends in my daughter, although more on the destructive end than the constructive side so she can break stuff down very easily but she is also very keen and adept on computers. She’s quite the baby engineer so to speak.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Dare as previously described.

More footage of Dare and his family, his daughter playing on the tablet.

[Narrator]

Shell’s offshore activities in Nigeria are drawing on industry-leading deep water expertise to deliver safe, economic projects that provide jobs and training for local people.

[Video footage]

Mid shot in profile of a man seated at a workstation in an office, speaking into a microphone.

Footage or employees dressed in safety gear on site, some completing work permits other paperwork, another welding, others tightening bolts.

Interview with Theo Ekiyor-Katimi

[Title]

Bonga Operations Manager

[Text displays]

Theo Ekiyor-Katimi / Bonga Operations Manager

[Theo]

The Bonga operations, in addition to being a significant revenue earner for the Nigerian economy, has contributed immensely in developing the local workforce in deepwater skills.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Theo, seated against the background of a blue wall, a photo frame and pot plant visible on the window sill at frame-right.

Rear view shot of two men walking down the deck of the FPSO, blue seas and sky visible in the background.

High angle mid shot of two employees seated and looking up at a screen, cutting to footage of data on the computer screen, followed by underwater footage of new parts being installed.

[Narrator]

Today, 95% of Bonga’s core offshore staff are Nigerian.

[Video footage]

More footage of various groupings of employees in red and orange overalls, some wearing safety gear.

Interview with Austin Uzoka

[Title]

Head Nigerian Content Development Department, SNEPCo

[Text displays]

Austin Uzoka / Head Nigerian Content Development Dept, SNEPCo

[Austin]

The future of the business would rely largely on our ability to utilize local alternatives to help bring down the cost of doing business and by so doing, support the government’s aspiration of building truly Nigerian companies that can stand on their own – not just on the local scene but on the global stage at large.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Austin against the background of an office.

Footage of people seated at desks with laptops in front of each of them, and an instructor standing at the front of the class addressing them.

Footage of an employee dressed in safety gear, operating a large panel of controls.

Close-up of Austin as previously described.

[Narrator]

It’s a dream shared by those who have seen first-hand how going the distance can help reach new heights.

[Video footage]

Footage of the pipes and deck of the FPSO, pulling back to an aerial shot of the FPSO at sea.

[Audio]

Shell jingle

[Graphic]

Shell pectin centred on a white background, text displaying below.

[Text displays]